Apparatus for composing sheets for the reproduction thereof



9, 1966 c. E. c. WOOD 3,264,967

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Patented August 9, 1966 3,264,967 APPARATUS FOR COMPOSING SHEETS FOR THE REPRODUCTIGN THEREOF Cecil Edward Carrington Wood, Herne Hill, London, England, assignor t Quiklista Limited Filed Jan. 16, 1964, Ser. No. 338,165 Claims priority, application Great Britain, Jan. 18, 1963, 2,268/ 63 2 Claims. (Cl. 95'85) This invention relates to apparatus and carrier sheet for revising listed information. This listed information may be in the form of printed or typed lists of stores, electors, telephone subscribers, or the like, and may be serially numbered. Previously, when it has been required to produce lists of the above kind which are constantly under revision, it has been necessary to store the type, set up in frames, used in printing the previous edition and this type has then been edited by the removal of lines and the addition of new ones. This has required the storage of large quantities of type, which apart from the space requirements involved, also ties up capital in the form of type metal. The method of editing type is a laborious and costly procedure, and the setting of new lines for insertion also requires the use of costly typesetting machinery.

A principal object of the present invention is to remove the difiiculties and disadvantages of previous methods of revising listed information, by avoiding completely the need to store set-up type. This is achieved by working with the last printed edition of the list instead of with the type used to produge it.

According to a first feature of the invention, there is provided an apparatus for composing a final, up-to-date information sheet from a first out-of-date information sheet comprising the steps of cutting the first sheet into segments, removing that or those segments bearing out-ofdate information, inserting a slip or slips bearing fresh information at appropriate points relative to the remaining segment or segments of the first sheet, and finally securing together the remaining segment or segments and said slip or slips to form said up-to-date information sheet.

A further feature of the invention comprises an apparatus for composing a final up-to-date information sheet from a first out-of-date information sheet comprising the steps of locating said first sheet on a first backing plate, locating a template on said first backing plate at predetermined positions relative to said first sheet, cutting said first sheet into segments along said template, transferring that or those segments bearing up-to-date information to a second backing plate, inserting a slip or slips bearing fresh information at appropriate points relative to that or those segments transferred, and finally securing together the segment or segments and the slip or slips on said second backing plate to form said up-t-o-date information sheet.

According to another feature of the invention there is provided apparatus for composing a final, up-to-date information sheet from a first, out-of-date information sheet comprising a backing plate adapted to receive and positively locate said first sheet, a template for use in cutting said first sheet into segments and capable of positive location on said backing plate, said backing plate also being adapted to receive and positively locate a slip or slips bearing fresh information.

According to a still further feature of the invention there is provided a carrier sheet for receiving listed graphical information having rows of apertures therein defining at least one column therebetween and lines printed thereon as guide lines for facilitating the application of said graphical information to said sheet in a predetermined relationship to said apertures.

Basically, the revision is done .by cutting a copy of the last printed edition into columns, cutting each column across at those points at which an insertion or a deletion is to be made, removing those cross strips which are to be deleted or amended, and inserting strips of the appropriate height and having new or amended information typed or otherwise printed thereon. The columns are then joined together by applying a gummed strip along one or both edges. In order to simplify the preparation of new or amended strips, the strips should be each of a height correspondipg to a standard printing or typewriter spacing, e.g., Math inch, corresponding to printers 12-point and standard typewriter spacing.

Previously, it has not been possible to carry out revision in this way because of the difficulty of handling single, height, e.g., /6th inch, strips, of cutting accurately enough across the columns and of recomposing a column made up of a large number of loose strips according to the invention, special cutting and composing plates are provided, together with specially printed and perforated paper carrier sheets which enable the revision to be done quickly and easily, without any costly apparatus.

In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, one embodiment of a cutting or composing plate and of a perforated paper carrier sheet for use with the plate will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, FIGURES 1, 2 and 3 of which show respectively a plate, a perforated sheet and a template for use in cutting up the sheet.

There are two identical plates provided of which only one is shown. They are normally of metal and hinged together for convenience along one edge. The plate shown in FIGURE 1 is arranged for revising a printed sheet having two columns of matter printed on a sheet of paper of the kind shown in FIGURE 2. Each plate comprises a flat sheet of metal 10 having sets of upstanding metal pegs. A first set 11 at the top and bottom of the plate serve to locate the perforated sheet as a whole. There are then in this example three rows 12, 13, 14 of pegs, smaller than the first set, each containing sixty-nine pegs spaced accurately at one sixth of an inch centres and running the length of the metal sheet between the first set.

The perforated sheet shown in FIGURE 2 has perforations exactly matching these sets of pegs. In addition, the sheet has faint rulings, transversely (15) and longitudinally (16, 17) of the sheet. The transverse rulings 15 occur one between each transverse row of three of the smaller pegs and are thus also spaced one sixth of an inch apart. It is thus possible to type, using a standard typewriter, or to print, using 12-point type, exactly between the lines.

There is also provided a template or cutting bar (FIG- URE 3) which comprises a metal bar a little wider than half the width of the sheet and having holes drilled at either end so that it can be dropped into position over two corresponding pegs of rows 12 and 13, or 13 and 14, to provide a cutting edge transversely of the sheet and mid way between two pegs in each row.

The apparatus and specially perforated'sheets are then used in the following way.

It is assumed that when the last edition of the list was prepared, extra copies were printed on the specially perforated sheets, there being two columns of type spaced between the rows of perforations and accurately aligned between the transverse rulings. One printed sheet is placed on the cutting plate, a blank perforated sheet being placed on the composing plate. In order to deal first with the left hand column the printed sheet is cut along the line 17. It is now possible to edit the first column on its own. The column is cut as required into transverse strips using the cutting bar to ensure accuracy.

Those parts of the list which are to remain unchanged are cut from the sheet, transferred to the composing plate, and located by the pegs 12 and 13. Insertions and amended entries are prepared'by typing or printing on strips of the correct height and having correctly spaced perforations to sit over the pegs, and are placed in their correct order on the composing plate with the unchanged parts of the list. The deleted and amended items are left on the cutting plate for checking.

Once a complete column has been edited it is necessary to fix all the strips in their correct position in the column. This is achieved by using an adhesive sealing strip which is perforated to fit over the row of pegs, and applying this on the left hand side of the column by means of a grooved roller. Perforated numbering strips can also be used if it is necessary to number the lists sequentially. The numbering strips can be of any appropriate width to obliterate any previous numbering, and can be cut if there is to be a gap.

In order to prepare the right hand column a second copy of the previous edition must be cut along line 16 and then edited in the same Way, the strips being transferred to the composing plate and located by rows 13 and 14. When the column is complete, sealing strips are again used on both sides, that on the left serving also to fix the right hand side of the left hand column. In each case, the sealing strips on the-outside edges of the page serve to lock the completed columns onto the blank sheet previously placed on the composing plate.

Once all the strips are sealed onto the backing sheet, this can be lifted off the plate and the whole forms the master sheet for the production of the new printed edition. It is suitable for reproduction, same size or enlarged or reduced, by offset lithography, dyeline printing, Xerox copying, stencil duplicating or any other suitable method. Plate, translucency or stencil can be made by film camera, Xerox copying, Ektalith, transfer image copier, electronic stencil outter, or similar machines. Where the master has to be curved around a cylinder, eLg., as in the electronic stencil cutter the bottom ends of the sealing strips can be released so that the master can lie flat.

Besides the ordinary printed copies required, several prints of the new list must be made same size on perforated sheets for use when the list is next revised.

While retaining this method of working many variations are possible. A perforated card can be used as a backing sheet against which to cut on the cutting plate. It will usually be convenient to prepare amendments and insertions beforehand on perforated paper of column width, which is then cut up using a cutting bar in the same way as the old text. The plates can be prepared so as to take any convenient number of columns by providing the appropriate number of rows of pegs. Only the simplest case of two columns has been described. Al-

though one-sixth of an inch has been mentioned as a suitable spacing for the rows of pegs, any other convenient spacing may be used to correspond with the typewriter or printing device used to prepare the amendments and insertions.

I claim: r

1. Apparatus for composing an up-to-date information sheet from an original out-of-date information sheet containing lines of printed information, and longitudinally extending rows of spaced perforations opposite the corresponding ends of said lines of information, respectively, comprising means for immobilizing said original sheet the length thereof, including a backing plate carrying a pair of rows of spaced parallel locating pegs adapted for insertion in said perforations, respectively, when said out-of-date information sheet is mounted on said backing plate;

and a template containing corresponding perforations for receiving at least one locating peg of each of said rows thereof, said template including spaced parallel cutter guiding edges on opposite sides of at least one line of out-of-date information, whereby said edges provide guides for severing from said original sheet a first transverse strip containing at least one line of out-of-date information.

2. Apparatus for composing an up-to-date information sheet from an original out-of-date information sheet containing lines of printed information and longitudinally extending rows of spaced perforations opposite the corresponding ends of said lines of information, respectively, comprising means for immobilizing said original information sheet the length thereof, including a backing plate carrying rows of spaced parallel locating pegs adapted for insertion in said perforations, respectively, when said original information sheet is mounted on said backing plate;

template means containing corresponding perforations permitting the mounting thereof upon at least one locating peg of each of said rows thereof, said tem-' plate including spaced parallel cutter guiding edges on opposite sides of at least one line of out-of-date information, whereby said edges provide guides for severing from said original sheet a first transverse strip containing at least one line of out-of-date information;

and means operable, when said template and said first strip are removed from said backing plate and a second strip bearing up-to-date information and having corresponding dimensions and corresponding perforations is mounted on the bared pegs coplanar with the remaining portion of said original sheet, for applying adhesive tapes longitudinally of said rows of pegs to secure said second sheet to said remaining portion of said original sheet, said tape applying means including at least one roller containing a circumferential groove of sufficient depth to receive the pegs when the roller is rolled longitudinally to press the tape downwardly upon said sheet and said second strip.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,563,045 11/1925 Schaffer 85 X 1,975,439 10/1934 Uher 9585 X 2,179,617 11/1939 Dilks 88--24 2,609,613 9/1952 Capers 33184.5

JOHN M. HORAN, Primary Examiner. 

1. APPARATUS FOR COMPOSING AN UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION SHEET FROM AN ORIGINAL OUT-OF-DATE INFORMATION SHEET CONTAINING LINES OF PRINTED INFORMATION, AND LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING ROWS OF SPACED PERFORATIONS OPPOSITE THE CORRESPONDING ENDS OF SAID LINES OF INFORMATION, RESPECTIVELY, COMPRISING MEANS FOR IMMOBILIZING SAID ORIGINAL SHEET THE LENGTH THEREOF, INCLUDING A BACKING PLATE CARRYING A PAIR OF ROWS OF SPACED PARALLEL LOCATING PEGS ADAPTED FOR INSERTION IN SAID PERFORATIONS, RESPECTIVELY, WHEN SAID OUT-OF-DATE INFORMATION SHEET IS MOUNTED ON SAID BACKING PLATE; 